7.26.24 CRU with Nancy Grace: Recounting The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Nancy and Sheryl open today’s CRU by recounting their experiences during the July 27th, 1996 bombing on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. They revisit the chaotic aftermath, the ensuing investigation, and the broader implications of the bombing. They also touch on the psychological toll on the responders, and the eventual capture of Eric Rudolph, who was responsible for multiple bombings.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
(0:10) Sheryl gives an intro to the 1996 Olympic Bombing
(1:00) Nancy Grace's initial reaction and chaos at the scene
(5:20) Eric Rudolph's secondary devices and their dangers
(11:30) The manhunt for Eric Rudolph
(14:00) Preparations for future events
(16:00) Closing thoughts

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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime-fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people, and shines a light on cold cases.

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.

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Facebook: @sheryl.mccollum

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0:00.0	July 27, 1996, an anonymous caller calls the dispatch at the Atlanta Police Department,
0:16.2	and in just 11 words, changed the history of the Olympic Games.
0:23.7	The caller said, there's a bomb in Centennial Park.
0:28.9	You have 30 minutes.
0:30.7	Y'all, in reality, we had 22 minutes, and the bomb exploded.
0:35.8	It was a 40-pound pipe bomb, the largest in American history.
0:40.7	It killed Alice Hothorn, a TV cameraman, and 111 other victims.
0:47.7	And tonight, on the Crime Roundup, me and Nancy are going to talk about what we went through starting at 1.25 a.m. Nancy, Grace, welcome, welcome.
1:00.0	I remember it like it was yesterday, Cheryl. I happened to be at the Olympics at that time. Exactly.
1:09.6	Little did I know that one day I would actually work at CNN, HLN,
1:13.9	but I was right in front of the building. And I got a call on my cell to report immediately
1:23.3	to a certain building to start interviewing witnesses. And everything was going mad.
1:30.2	I remember first hearing at the time I didn't know it was a bomb,
1:34.4	but I heard an explosion.
1:36.1	I didn't know what it was.
1:37.2	And people were running.
1:39.2	I still didn't know what had happened.
1:40.7	Then I got a call within minutes.
1:48.0	I had to be under 30 minutes to go to an office. I can't remember what it was, Cheryl. I'd have to think really long and hard. And I
1:56.1	went there with my, and met my longtime colleague and friend Al Dixon. We immediately started interviewing
2:05.9	witnesses. We didn't even know really the extent of everything. You know, you and I trained
2:12.7	for years. And I remember with the crime commission, they sent me to a meeting, and it was all the
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